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MACULAR AREA

• MACULAR AREA (noun)
The noun MACULAR AREA has 1 sense:

1. a yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision

Familiarity information: MACULAR AREA used as a noun is very rare.

• MACULAR AREA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

macula lutea; macular area; macula; yellow spot

Hypernyms ("macular area" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Holonyms ("macular area" is a part of...):

retina (the light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)

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